List of Saints Compiled from the Roman Martyrology 1916, St Alban Butler and from other sourcesSee also, Extra Ecclesiam Nulla Salus and the Heresy of False Ecumenism or PanReligionismSub tuum præsidium confugimus, sub quo secure lætique degimus.Hymn Tota pulchra, et formosa, es Maria et macula originalis non est in teTota pulchra, et formosa, es Maria,
Et macula originalis non est in Te.
Tu gloria Ierusalem.
Tu lætitia Israel.
Tu honorificentia populi nostri.
Tu advocata peccatorum.
O Maria, O Maria.
Virgo prudentissima.
Mater clementissima.
Ora pro nobis.
Intercede pro nobis.
Ad Dominum Iesum Christum. Amen.May 15: Our Lady of the Harvest also called Our Lady of the Wheat« In the Maronite Church there are three unique feasts that celebrate Mary, they are Our Lady of the Seeds, Our Lady of the Harvest and Our Lady of the Grapes. The Syriac Churches developed the earliest Marian theology, focusing on typology, symbolism, creation and the Incarnation. There are textual records of these feasts from the fifth and sixth centuries in the Antiochene Church, but tradition maintains their origins go back to late apostolic times. The feasts are celebrated on the following dates: January 15 — Our Lady of the Seeds; May 15 — Our Lady of the Harvest; August 15 — Our Lady of the Grapes.
It is possible that these feasts grew out of earlier agricultural feasts and they are linked with the natural seasons of the Earth. In Syriac thought, creation does not only contain symbols of God, rather in it, everything has been placed to reveal God in his hiddenness.
There is a connection between these feast and the Mystery of the Eucharist. The three feasts yield the ingredients for bread and wine and link the Virgin Mary to the Eucharist. They reveal God’s divine plan.
Their symbolism is best captured in the celebration of Maronite Mass. As the gifts are being received on the altar, we chant:Alleluia! Our Lord Jesus said
"I am the Bread of Life.
From the Father I was sent as Word
without flesh to give new life.
Of the Virgin Mary I was born,
taking flesh as man;
as good earth receives a seed,
her womb received me.
Priestly hands now lift me high
above the altars."
Alleluia! Our gifts, Lord, receive.»May 15: Our Lady of France, Rocher Corneille, Le Puy, France«In LePuy, France, there is a massive rock, probably of volcanic origin, called Rocher Corneille (Cornelius' Rock). It towers almost 2,500 feet above sea level.
«On the very top of this huge pedestal, there is an enormous metal statue of the Blessed Virgin and Child, erected in 1860. The figure of the virgin, approximately fifty-five feet high, stands upon a globe; above her head is a starry crown, her feet crush a serpent. The Infant sits on her right arm, His right hand raised in blessing of the entire countryside.
«According to tradition, at some time between the third and fourth centuries, the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to a local woman with an incurable disease, telling her to climb Mt Corneille where she would be cured by the simple act of sitting on the great stone. Doing as she was bidden, the woman was miraculously cured of her disease.
«The Mother of God appeared to the woman a second time, telling her to contact the local bishop and let him know that she wanted a church built on the hill. When the bishop climbed the hill himself, he found the ground and stones covered in deep snow, even though it was the middle of July. A doe, all alone, walked gracefully though the snow, tracing the ground plan of the cathedral that the Queen of Heaven desired to be built. Some time later, when the bishop visited the spot again that same summer, he was amazed to see flowering blooms that had taken the place of the thorn bushed that had previously outlined the chapel.
«Convinced by these miracles of the authenticity of Mary’s wishes, the bishop decided to have a chapel built here. The project to build the statue was actually initiated in 1847 with the desire to construct a religious monument to recognize the area of Puy-en-Velay. In order to find a worthy model of the Blessed Virgin and her Divine Son, a competition was held having very specific requirements, such as "the Child Jesus is to be depicted blessing the city of Puy without hiding the face of His Mother." In all, 55 artists participated, and the winning model selected at the end of the competition was the statue submitted by J. Bonnassieux.
«Donations to pay for the construction were collected from all over France. Three years later, the 105 main parts of the statue and the accompanying 900 smaller pieces were transported to Puy and hoisted into position to erect the statue of Our Lady of France. Once completed, its total weight was 835 tons, with 110 tons for the statue, 680 tons for the granite pedestal to support it, and 45 tons for the coating that protects the statue.
«Here atop the majestic rock, the Blessed Virgin is honored under the title, "Our Lady of France." It stands on the road which passes the shrine of Our Lady of the Thorn high up in the Jura Mountains, there is the shrine of Our Lady of Puy. All crusaders passed this on their way to the Holy Land on pilgrimage to rescue the Holy Places from the hands of the infidel. There was scarcely a knight who did not go to bid farewell to Our Lady of Puy and ask her to care for his dear ones, should he not return. The town was also famous for being one of the main starting points on the pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela.»- Festa dei Ceri or the Festival of the Runners, vigil of St Ubald of Gubbio, May 16, 1160 AD;
Roman Martyrology of Caesar Baronius- + The Holy Martyrs of Lampsacum in the Hellespont Saints Peter, Andrew, Paul and Dionysia, the proconsul of Asia, Optimus, said to St Peter, "You have before your eyes the edicts of our invincible princes, sacrifice to the goddess Venus as they command," Peter answered, "I am surprised that you should endeavour to persuade me to sacrifice to an infamous lewd woman, whose actions modesty forbids me to mention, and are such as are punishable by your own laws!" (See https://www.bartleby.com/210/5/151.html);
- + Feast of the Seven Apostolic Men, Saints Torquatus, Ctesiphon, Secundus, Indaletius, Caecilius, Hesychius, and Euphrasius, who were consecrated bishops at Rome by the holy Apostles Peter and Paul, and sent to Spain to preach the word of God, when they had evangelized various cities, and brought innumerable multitudes under the yoke of Christ, they rested in peace in various parts of that country: Torquatus at Cadiz, Ctesiphon at Vierco, Secundus at Avila, Indaletius at Portilla, Caecilius at Elvira, Hesychius at Gibraltar, and Euphrasius at Anduxar;
- + St Isidore, a sailor, evangelized the island of Chios, Martyred under Decius May 14-15, 251 AD by being drowned in a well at Chios, Greece, after the Muslim Infidels conquered Chios, his relics were taken to Venice, where they are;
- + St John Baptist de la Salle, at Rouen, France, who deserved well both of religion and society by his labors for the education of youth, especially of the poor, and by the founding of the Society of the Brothers of the Christian Schools;
- + St Mancius, Martyred at Evora in Portugal;
- + St Simplicius, bishop of Gallura in Sardinia, Martryed by being transpierced with a lance, at Fausina in Sardinia, under the governor Barbarus in the persecution of Diocletian, May 15, 304 AD;
St Alban Butler & Others- + The Holy Martyrs of Clermont Saints Cassius, a priest, Maximus, Victorinus, and 2 Companions, Martyred at Clermont, France, by German pagans under Chrocas, May 15, 264 AD;
- + The Three Holy Martyrs of Drammen St Halvard or Hallvard Vebjornsson, Martyr, a merchant, and a cousin of King Olaf of Norway, he was killed defending a pregnant woman falsely accused of theft, and she with him, May 15, 1043 AD at Drammen,
- + The Holy Martyrs of Gheel in Brabant now in Belgium Saints Genebern and Dympna and 2 Companions, she was an Irish princess, she fled Ireland to consecrate her life as a virgin, a nun, became a hermitess at Gheel in Brabant, in what is now Belgium, Martyred by her father who wished to marry her, May 15 is the feast of the Translation of her relics by the bishop of Cambrai, St Genebrard, or Genebern, a holy Irish priest, who having baptized St Dympna in her infancy, was her attendant in her flight overseas to Brabant, and was beheaded by her murderers, his relics were translated to Xanten or Santbeck in the duchy of Cleves in Germany (See http://omniumsanctorumhiberniae.blogspot.com/2013/05/saint-dympna-of-gheel-may-15.html & http://omniumsanctorumhiberniae.blogspot.com/2017/05/saint-dymphna-of-gheel-may-15.html) "O Castitatis lilium! Virgo decus regium! Dei martyr gloriosa! Christo regi gratiosa!";
- + The Holy Martyrs of Maleville in France, 50 Mercedarians murdered by the Satanist, Apostate, and Traitor Protestants, May 15, 1563 AD;
- + The Holy Martyrs of Persia Saints Bohtiso, Isaac and Simon, Martyred under the Accursed and Damned Sapor II (Shapur II);
- + The Holy Martyrs of Pinerolo Saints James (Diego) of Valdieri, Clement of Bressanone, and the boy James (Giacomo) Bima, Martyr, Franciscans sent to the Pinerolo region to preach against Waldensianism, he brought many back to the faith, murdered by the Waldensian heretics May 15, 1655 AD near St Secundus of Pinerolo, Italy;
- + St Andrew Abellon, Dominican preacher, died May 15, 1450 AD at Aix-en-Provence, France;
- + St Achilles, the Thaumaturgist (Wonderworker), bishop of Larissa, died May 15, 331 AD;
- + St Bercthun, Britwin or Brithun, 1st abbot of the Monastery of Beverley in England, died May 15, 733 AD;
- + St Bertha of Bingen, the daughter of King Pepin II, when she became a widow, she retired to live as a hermitess near Bingen, Germany, and her son, St Rupert of Bingen, son of King Pepin II and of St Bertha of Bingen, like his mother, he lived as a hermit on a hill at Bingen, died after returning from a pilgrimage to Rome, his hill is called the Rupertsberg;
- + St Caesarea, hermitess at Otranto, Italy;
- + St Colman MacUaLaoigshe of Oughval, Irish saint;
- + St Dubhlitir, abbot of Finglas in County Dublin, Ireland, died May 15, 791 AD;
- + St Eutychius or Eutizio of Ferrento, a priest, returned from Falerii (Civita Castellana) after the celebration of a mass in honor of the martyrs Gratilianus and Felicissima, he was arrested by the soldiers of the tribune Maximus, Dionysius, bishop of Ferrento desperately tried to free him, but he could not, Eutychius died by beheading at the end of atrocious tortures, on May 15, 304 AD in the persecutions of Diocletian;
- + St Florentius, bishop of Populonia, died May 15, 554 AD;
- + St Hilarius, hermit near Galeata, he joined other hermits to built the Camaldolese monastery at Galeata that was later named for him as Sant Ilaro, died May 15, 558 AD;
- + St Isaias, bishop of Rostov in Russia, died May 15, 1090 AD;
- + St Isidore Labrador, baptismal name, Isidro de Merlo y Quintana (Isidore the Farmer, Labrador means farm worker), husband of St Mary Torribia, she is called De la Cabeza, Wonderworker, Incorrupt, he died May 15, 1130 AD at Madrid, Spain;
- + St John Montpeo Masip, Martyred by the Satanists, Apostates and Traitors of Spain, May 15, 1938 AD in Riudecols, Tarragona, Spain, not yet canonized by a Catholic Pope;
- + St Rheticius, bishop of Autun in France, died May 15, 334 AD;
- + St Severinus, brother of St Victorinus of Camerino, they gave away their inheritance to the poor, retired as hermits on Monte Nero, Pope Vigilius compelled Severinus to become bishop of Septempeda in the March of Ancona, he was so successful in reviving the faith in his diocese that the town has been renaed as St Severinus;
- + St Sophia, Martyred at Rome in the persecutions of Diocletian, May 15, 304 AD, buried in the cemetery of Saints Gordianus and Epimachus outside Rome, some relics enshrined at the convent at Eschau, France by St Remigius of Strasbourg in 778 AD, some relics enshrined at the high altar of the church of St Martin ai Monti in Rome by Pope Sergius II 845 AD, based on her feast day on 15 May, she became one of the "Ice Saints," the saints whose feast days are traditionally associated with the last possibility of frost in Central Europe, for which reason, she is known as Cold Sophia or as Wet Sophia;
- + St Waldalenus, brother of St Adalsindis and founder of the monastery of Beze, France;
- + St Witesindo, at Cordoba, under the Muslim Infidels, he had apostatized, but touched by the Grace of God, he recanted the filth and public proclaimed his reversion to the Holy Faith for which the Infidels Martyred him;
ALSO- + Fr Alban Butler, died May 15, 1773 AD;
- + Brithelm (Beorhthelm, Birthelm, Birhelm, Byrhthelm or Brihthelm), archbishop of Canterbury and bishop of Wells, died May 15, 973 AD;
- + Fr Edward Joseph Flanagan, died May 15, 1948 AD;
- + Pope Marinus I, died May 15, 884 AD.
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